Eighth Generation

109. Anita Maria "Nita" HELMKE was born on 15 September 1899 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^25,29,94,193 She was baptized on 22 October 1899 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹⁴ She appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁹ Nita appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵ She appeared in the census in 1940 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵⁰ She died on 8 June 1980 at the age of 80 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI. Nita was buried in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹³ in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Anita Maria "Nita" HELMKE and Earl Alfred BRANDENBURG were married on 3 May 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^2,172,224 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Earl Alfred BRANDENBURG²⁵, son of Hermann Friedrich BRANDENBURG and Ernestine Emma Mathilde Bertha BARFKNECHT, was born on 11 November 1897 in Wisconsin.^47,172,193 He appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁷ Earl appeared in the census in 1940 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵⁰ His occupation was "Farming, Dairy." He died on 1 December 1972 at the age of 75 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^193,225 He was buried in 1972 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹³ in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Anita Maria "Nita" HELMKE and Earl Alfred BRANDENBURG had the following children:

+235	i.	Wava Lorane BRANDENBURG.
236	ii.	Bruce Earl BRANDENBURG was born on 24 September 1925 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹²⁹ He appeared in the census in 1940 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵⁰ He died on 7 July 1995 at the age of 69.²⁷ Bruce was buried in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI. in the St. Paul's Cemetery.
+237	iii.	Bonita Hattie "Bonnie" BRANDENBURG.
+238	iv.	Shirley Rose BRANDENBURG.